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| View Article | 8:01 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Fox Chicago | Fire breaks out at home in Zion | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fire-home-zion | ![Overnight house fire in Zion][5] #### [ Overnight house fire in Zion ][6] A fire broke out late Wednesday at a home in suburban Zion. Crews are investigating. #### The Brief * * A house fire broke out in north suburban Zion. * Neighbors spotted the fire and ran over … |
| View Article | 8:01 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Fox Chicago | Chicago weather: Your Christmas Day forecast | http://www.fox32chicago.com/weather/chicago-weather-christmas-forecast-2025 | ![Chicago's Christmas Day forecast][1] #### [ Chicago's Christmas Day forecast ][2] Mike Caplan has your Chicago weather update! **CHICAGO** \- Merry Christmas! Clouds will dominate the sky today, but very little precipitation is expected if any. So far, the fog has not been a big problem, confined mainly to areas … |
| View Article | 8:01 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Chicago Tribune | Daywatch: Pope Leo XIV’s historic rise forges special Vatican connections for Chicago | https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/25/daywatch-pope-leo-xivs-historic-rise-forges-special-vatican-connections-for-chicago/ | Good morning, Chicago. The Chicago area erupted in celebration May 8 at news that Robert Francis Prevost — born in Bronzeville and raised in south suburban Dolton — was chosen as the 267th pope and leader of an estimated 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide. “It made people who live in Chicago … |
| View Article | 8:01 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Chicago Sun-Times | Reclassifying marijuana vindicates advocates' arguments, will help facilitate research | https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/12/25/rescheduling-marijuana-medical-research-tax-trump-jacob-sullum | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][23] * [ Facebook ][24] * [ Bluesky ][25] * [ Email ][26] * [ Reddit ][27] * [ Flipboard ][28] Nearly four decades ago, Francis Young, chief administrative law judge at the Drug Enforcement Administration, [ concluded ][29] that … |
| View Article | 8:01 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Chicago Sun-Times | Dear Abby: Party host bluntly describes woman's drinking to kids | https://chicago.suntimes.com/dear-abby/2025/12/25/dearabby-today-dear-abby-party-host-tells-it-like-it-is-to-womans-children | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][15] * [ Facebook ][16] * [ Bluesky ][17] * [ Email ][18] * [ Reddit ][19] * [ Flipboard ][20] **DEAR ABBY:** While attending a friend’s family barbecue, “Willa,” a young mother of four, drank too much and became … |
| View Article | 8:01 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Chicago Sun-Times | Bears predictions: Week 17 at 49ers | https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2025/12/25/bears-49ers-chicago-san-francisco-picks-predictions-odds-point-spread-win-lose-sunday-night-football-nfl | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][1] * [ Facebook ][2] * [ Bluesky ][3] * [ Email ][4] * [ Reddit ][5] * [ Flipboard ][6] The Sun-Times’ [ Bears ][7] experts make their picks for the prime-time game Sunday in [ San Francisco ][8] … |
| View Article | 8 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | CBS Local | Crews battle Christmas Day building fire in West Englewood | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/christmas-day-building-fire-west-englewood/ | Firefighters responded to a building fire in West Englewood early on Christmas Day. Around 1 a.m., video from the scene shows crews dousing heavy flames through an upstairs window of the building on South Marshfield Avenue. The Chicago Fire Department did not provide further details on the cause of the … |
| View Article | 8 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | CBS Local | $10,000 stolen from mini mart during burglary on Chicago's North Side | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mini-mart-burglary-chicago-north-side/ | Burglars left with $10,000 from a mini mart in Chicago's North Center neighborhood early Thursday morning. CBS News Chicago crews spoke with the owner of Lucky Mini Mart, at 4103 N. Lincoln Ave., who confirmed an ATM and cash register were stolen during the break-in. He said the burglars pulled … |
| View Article | 8 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | ABC Local | Christmas Eve house fire displaces Zion family | https://abc7chicago.com/post/christmas-eve-house-fire-ezekiel-avenue-zion-displaces-family/18314875/ | ZION, Ill. (WLS) -- Large flames forced a family from their home in Zion on Christmas Eve. The fire happened near 31st and Ezekiel Avenue. ### [ ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch ][1] Neighbors recorded video of intense flames coming from the front of the … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Chicago Tribune | Today in History: President Andrew Johnson pardons ex-Confederates | https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/25/today-in-history-president-andrew-johnson-pardons-ex-confederates/ | Today is Thursday, Dec. 25, the 359th day of 2025. There are six days left in the year. This is Christmas Day. Today in history: On Dec. 25, 1868, President Andrew Johnson granted unconditional pardons to “every person who directly or indirectly” supported the Confederacy in the Civil War. Also … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Chicago Tribune | Today in Chicago History: Stockyards open and receive first shipment of cattle | https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/25/chicago-history-december-25/ | Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 25, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? [ Email us ][95] . **Weather records** (from the [ National Weather Service, Chicago ][96] ) * High temperature: **64 degrees** (1982) * … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Chicago Tribune | Pope Leo XIV’s historic rise forges special Vatican connections for Chicago | https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/25/pope-leo-connection-chicago-vatican/ | The experience was almost surreal. A Chicago priest climbed aboard the iconic popemobile alongside the Holy Father, the two longtime friends traversing the cobblestone plaza of St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican as a crowd of tens of thousands cheered and waved. During an October trip to Rome, the Rev. … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Chicago Tribune | Bison return to Kane County after 200 years, a crucial step for conservation and Indigenous connection | https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/25/bison-kane-county-prairie-restoration-indigenous/ | Citizens can help monitor the prairie and bison, and Native Americans can reconnect to their roots under a community science program. Already have an account [ Log In ][1] This article is only available to subscribers New Year Sale ### Standard Digital $1 for 1 year [ Get this offer … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Chicago Tribune | Emmanuel Episcopal brings world class musicians to La Grange for ‘Messiah’ performance | https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/25/lagrange-emmanuel-episcopal-handel-messiah/ | About 250 people became the chorus last week as La Grange’s Emmanuel Episcopal Church brought to life George Frederic Handel’s “Messiah” at the church on Kensington Avenue, backing four soloists in the rendition of the Christmas classic. Mary Hopper, emeritus professor of Choral Music at Wheaton College, conducted the performance. … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Chicago Sun-Times | America's first glass house, built for the 1933 World's Fair, set to shine again | https://chicago.suntimes.com/architecture-design/2025/12/25/america-first-glass-house-tomorrow-beverly-shores-1933-worlds-fair | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][38] * [ Facebook ][39] * [ Bluesky ][40] * [ Email ][41] * [ Reddit ][42] * [ Flipboard ][43] Few people alive today have seen the exterior of the House of Tomorrow when it was a futuristic attraction … |
| View Article | 6:01 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Chicago Sun-Times | Swiveling my hips to bhangra music. Trotting around with a hobby horse between my legs. I’m all in video. | https://chicago.suntimes.com/media/2025/12/25/funny-embarrassing-videos-chicago-sun-times-reporter-stefano-esposito | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][23] * [ Facebook ][24] * [ Bluesky ][25] * [ Email ][26] * [ Reddit ][27] * [ Flipboard ][28] I have never really thought of myself as a reporter. That probably sounds odd (and no jokes, please) coming … |
| View Article | 6 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Chicago Sun-Times | Trump, AI's insatiable thirst and Mayor Johnson’s stalled ordinance top environmental stories in 2025 | https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2025/12/25/trump-chicago-epa-environmental-protection-ai-artificial-intelligence-brandon-johnson | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][1] * [ Facebook ][2] * [ Bluesky ][3] * [ Email ][4] * [ Reddit ][5] * [ Flipboard ][6] Just two weeks into the job, [ President Donald Trump threatened to fire ][7] or push out scores of … |
| View Article | 6 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | ABC Local | Pope Leo XIV shares message of peace on 1st Christmas as pontiff in Vatican City | https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-born-pope-leo-xiv-shares-message-peace-1st-christmas-pontiff-vatican-city/18314819/ | VATICAN CITY (WLS) -- Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV is celebrating his first Christmas as pontiff. Pope Leo thanked the crowds gathered at the Vatican as he presided over Christmas Mass. It's the first time since 1994 a pope is celebrating a Mass on Christmas Day. Pope Leo's message this holiday … |
| View Article | 2 a.m. | December 25, 2025 | Chicago Sun-Times | Horoscope for Thursday, December 25, 2025 | https://chicago.suntimes.com/horoscopes/2025/12/25/horoscopes-today-thursday-december-25-2025 | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][1] * [ Facebook ][2] * [ Bluesky ][3] * [ Email ][4] * [ Reddit ][5] * [ Flipboard ][6] ## Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Pisces. It’s … |
| View Article | midnight | December 25, 2025 | CBS Local | Larry Gilkey, man brutally beaten by teens on bus, says he was attacked before while on CTA | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/larry-gilkey-says-he-was-attacked-before-while-on-cta/ | A generous gift is helping a Chicago family through a bad situation. Larry Gilkey, 62, is recovering in the hospital after he was [ attacked by three teens while on a CTA bus last week ][7] . From his hospital room at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Gilkey talked about his recovery … |